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is a mostly poor city and mostly african-american and the first city in michigan to have the local elected officials stripped of their power. last year by the state. under rick schneiders souped up emerncy manager law your vote to who you want to run the town can be overruled. the state said that benton harbor is too broken to be allowed a democratic form of government anymore. governor schneider turned the town over to a single unelected manager who has unilateral power to do whatever he wants, no matter what the voters say. the manager says the elected mayor and the elected commission are not in charge anymore. so they are not in charge anymore. in rick schneider's michigan, democracy is considered part of the problem n places like benton harbor, at least, democracy must go before progress can begin. accordingly what counts as progress in benton harbor is up to the emergency manager guy now. under rick schneider's law, this unelected emergency official can fire the elected officials, can cancel contracts, can dissolve the whole town itself. can sell off the town's assets. benton harbor d
is a mostly poor city and mostly african-american and the first city in michigan to have the local elected officials stripped of their power. last year by the state. under rick schneiders souped up emerncy manager law your vote to who you want to run the town can be overruled. the state said that benton harbor is too broken to be allowed a democratic form of government anymore. governor schneider turned the town over to a single unelected manager who has unilateral power to do whatever he...
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louis, missouri is set to be the first city in the united states to host a welcome home parade for the veterans of the iraq war. for 125 years america has publicly commemorated the end of the wars with parades. to welcome home the veterans. it's one small thing we have historically done to show our appreciation, to say welcome home. thank you for serving in this war. we're so glad you're back home. the war in iraq officially and finally ended last month. there has not been a parade in new york, or in washington d.c. the afghanistan war after all is still going on. but a grass roots effort, a really grass roots effort in st. louis has put the nation's first end of the iraq war welcome home parade on the calendar for this upcoming saturday. >> yes, i think we're going to make it, i think st. louis will not only make it but we'll lead the way for country, we'll set an example. >> the city it is taking motivating from the mayor's office to volunteers to housewives, to -- it's amazing, what is happening right now. really made us believe that impossible thing was nonsense. >> by day the guy
louis, missouri is set to be the first city in the united states to host a welcome home parade for the veterans of the iraq war. for 125 years america has publicly commemorated the end of the wars with parades. to welcome home the veterans. it's one small thing we have historically done to show our appreciation, to say welcome home. thank you for serving in this war. we're so glad you're back home. the war in iraq officially and finally ended last month. there has not been a parade in new york,...
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it's a patriotic city. i hope it's the first of many. i have gotten tweets and facebook messages saying, we want to do it in san francisco, in new york. >> cool. >> we hope it continues. >> mayor bloomberg said it won't happen in new york. he said he's talked to military leaders and the pentagon says they don't want it because of afghanistan. it's inappropriate to mark a homecoming when so many people are still rotating out. what's your reaction? >> we hear that. there are folks fighting and dying in afghanistan. why not have two parades? have one when that's over? may yr bloomberg isn't in lockstep with everything people say. the people of new york have responded to us and said they want something. they want somebody to recognize people. we hope they can work with mayor bloomberg to recognize them. >> there have been city counselors advocating for it. it's funny in new york. you have a three-term mayor, very famous. his popularity swings but always stays high. everybody is waiting on bloomberg to make the decision. >> we can push his ha
it's a patriotic city. i hope it's the first of many. i have gotten tweets and facebook messages saying, we want to do it in san francisco, in new york. >> cool. >> we hope it continues. >> mayor bloomberg said it won't happen in new york. he said he's talked to military leaders and the pentagon says they don't want it because of afghanistan. it's inappropriate to mark a homecoming when so many people are still rotating out. what's your reaction? >> we hear that. there...
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city to feel the saving embrace of rick schneider's landmark policy. souped up emergency manager law, allows the state to take over a town, overrule all authority and appoint a manager. the state-appointed overseer can do anything, including firing locally leng locally elected position. the law eliminates democracy at the local level. whatever you vote for, whoever you vote for, overruled by the governor's say-so. if your town has problem, the law says the reason for those problems is because you have had a vote. you have had a say in what happens in your town, so your vote must be taken away for your own good. the essential website calculates using the law, he has taken local democracy of half of michigan's african american residents. he can't say that was the intent but that has been the effect in the making of his emergency manager law. a majority of michigan's black population put under emergency overseer rule with no local voting rights. in april, the emergency manager assigned to run benton harbor stripped the elected mayor and city commission of
city to feel the saving embrace of rick schneider's landmark policy. souped up emergency manager law, allows the state to take over a town, overrule all authority and appoint a manager. the state-appointed overseer can do anything, including firing locally leng locally elected position. the law eliminates democracy at the local level. whatever you vote for, whoever you vote for, overruled by the governor's say-so. if your town has problem, the law says the reason for those problems is because...
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they become the first city to say welcome home. it's all because of two friends who decided if nobody else was going to hold the nation's first big welcome home parade for the troops for the end of the iraq war they'd try to do it just as a couple of citizens. they met with the mayor, collected donations, started a facebook page and voila, a parade. floats are being built, marching bands are practicing their routines. the anheuser-busch clydesdales are being harnessed. the parade starts at noon tomorrow, downtown st. louis. now the founder and executive director of veterans of america, paul raycroft. good to see you. >> happy friday. >> are you going to be represented in st. louis? >> absolutely. we are excited to be involved. we have a two-tour iraq vet named angela peacock. she's organizing it now. she said they need more trucks. this has been a grassroots effort. angela's stepping up and will lead the charge. it's exciting. it's a community effort. people are coming from all over. your attention has helped as well. it's great to
they become the first city to say welcome home. it's all because of two friends who decided if nobody else was going to hold the nation's first big welcome home parade for the troops for the end of the iraq war they'd try to do it just as a couple of citizens. they met with the mayor, collected donations, started a facebook page and voila, a parade. floats are being built, marching bands are practicing their routines. the anheuser-busch clydesdales are being harnessed. the parade starts at noon...
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for the first city sponsored welcome home parade to mark the end of the war. local reports say thousands of people turned out in houston to say welcome home, thank you for your service in iraq. the houston parade ended at the city's major league baseball stadium. the crowd there for the astros' season opener cheers as iraq war veterans marched onto the field. the vets on the field included army staff sergeant wesley hall who served two tours of duty in iraq. his wife shot this video from the stands. st. louis did it, tucson did it, houston did et, melbourne, florida, the about to do it. tomorrow at 4:00 p.m., melbourne, florida, 650 people are expected to be marching in the parade. way more than the town hoped for with veterans from all branches of the military expected with marching bands and a concert by lost lonely boys at the end of the event. the twin cities, minneapolis and st. paul, are planning their parade for the following saturday, not this upcoming saturday but the 21st. after that it will be pennsylvania. they are planning for the saturday after t
for the first city sponsored welcome home parade to mark the end of the war. local reports say thousands of people turned out in houston to say welcome home, thank you for your service in iraq. the houston parade ended at the city's major league baseball stadium. the crowd there for the astros' season opener cheers as iraq war veterans marched onto the field. the vets on the field included army staff sergeant wesley hall who served two tours of duty in iraq. his wife shot this video from the...
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this past weekend it came to houston, texas for the first official city sponsored welcome home parade. local reports say thousands of people turned up to say welcome home to say thank you for your service in iraq. the houston parade ended at the baseball field. the vets on the field included wesley hall who served two tours of duty in iraq. his wife shannon shot this video from the stands. st. louis did it, tucson did. melbourne, florida is about to do it. 650 people are expected to be marching in the parade, way more than the town hoped for. veterans from all branchs of the military there. the twin cities, minneapolis and st. paul are planning their parade for the following saturday. not this upcoming saturday, but the 21st. after that it will media, pennsylvania. they will be on april 28th. richmond, virginia is planning a thank you and a welcome home parade for may. they will do theirs on may 19th. the richmond times dispatch newspaper is listed as a co-sponsor of that event. richmond is looking for $50,000 in do nation to make sure they can pull off their parade in may. iowa has m
this past weekend it came to houston, texas for the first official city sponsored welcome home parade. local reports say thousands of people turned up to say welcome home to say thank you for your service in iraq. the houston parade ended at the baseball field. the vets on the field included wesley hall who served two tours of duty in iraq. his wife shannon shot this video from the stands. st. louis did it, tucson did. melbourne, florida is about to do it. 650 people are expected to be marching...
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this is the first parade being hosted by a city. i find that hard to believe. we're ready for it. we're excited about it. >> where did the idea come from that houston should do this and houston should do it in the way that you have decided to do it? >> it came just as it has in all the other cities from our citizens. it bubbled up through receipt v veterans groups. he brought the idea to me. we turned it over the our special vents coordinator and it just took off. citizens have embred it. we didn't plan to do it in conjunction with the houston an tr astros. they were going to be playing. they stepped up and wanted to treat the returning veterans to baseball game and it has grown from there. >> what kientnd of collaboratio have you entered into? who has come together to make this happen in houston? >> all the local levels of government. this is not a corporate parade. it's nothing something that we are seeking sponsorships for. we're going to have a parade and invite all of houston to come downtown, line the parade route and say thank you and welcome home. these are our friends and
this is the first parade being hosted by a city. i find that hard to believe. we're ready for it. we're excited about it. >> where did the idea come from that houston should do this and houston should do it in the way that you have decided to do it? >> it came just as it has in all the other cities from our citizens. it bubbled up through receipt v veterans groups. he brought the idea to me. we turned it over the our special vents coordinator and it just took off. citizens have...
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in new york city, in the first three months of the year, police stopped 200,000 people. just over half were black. a third were latino. only 9% were white. this, this is what racial profiling looks like. and with so many men of color having been searched, new york is now the subject of a federal class action suit. a judge in the case said police should never stop people without reasonable suspicion. she cited the city's quote, deeply troubling apathy toward new yorker's most fundamental constitutional lights. last week, the city of philadelphia reached an agreement about their stop and frisk plan. that settlement could provide a model for an vench well ruling about new york. meanwhile, the stopping and frisking keeps on. t a rapper and a comeenian wrote the ten-frisk amendment, don't carry a gun, they say, don't try to run, and then there's this part. >> number ten, strong word called the constitution or does it apply to only white men as being black and brown probable cause hell no so why are we getting stopped rain sleet hail snow. >> right. san francisco's mayor lee f
in new york city, in the first three months of the year, police stopped 200,000 people. just over half were black. a third were latino. only 9% were white. this, this is what racial profiling looks like. and with so many men of color having been searched, new york is now the subject of a federal class action suit. a judge in the case said police should never stop people without reasonable suspicion. she cited the city's quote, deeply troubling apathy toward new yorker's most fundamental...
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louis this past weekend was the first american city to hold a welcome home parade to mark the end of the iraq war. we have a tradition in this country of saying "thank you" and marking the end of a war this way. although the experience of combat divides american civilians from american soldiers, a ticker tape parade is one way that we have shown that it is a country that goes to war, not just a military, that american troops don't do it alone, that we're with them. so far, though, the mayor of new york, mike bloomberg, says there will be no parade in new york city to mark the end of the iraq war, his office citing pentagon brass and the fact that the afghanistan war is still ongoing. well, today, as i mentioned, the politics of that debate just changed and dramatically because iraq veterans themselves are weighing in now. and they really like what happened in st. louis and they think what happened there is a good idea for the whole country. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, the first and largest organization of iraq vets in this country, has launched a petition today saying i
louis this past weekend was the first american city to hold a welcome home parade to mark the end of the iraq war. we have a tradition in this country of saying "thank you" and marking the end of a war this way. although the experience of combat divides american civilians from american soldiers, a ticker tape parade is one way that we have shown that it is a country that goes to war, not just a military, that american troops don't do it alone, that we're with them. so far, though, the...
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city first and foremost. this might yet happen, in boston, around the country, in new york. this might yet happen. christine quinn will be our guest on this show on monday. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time, so you don't miss a thing. hi mary! morning! gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal documents and deliver them directly to you. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com
city first and foremost. this might yet happen, in boston, around the country, in new york. this might yet happen. christine quinn will be our guest on this show on monday. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time, so you don't...
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tomorrow, tomorrow is going to be the first end of the iraq war parade in a very large american city, houston. that's the fourth largest city in america. tomorrow at 4:00, houston is hosting, the city is not just allowing but is hosting the parade for iraq war veterans and their families. it will end at the minute made stadium where the houston astros play. there will be a ceremony on the field before the astros play that night. the welcome home events were great and seen as successful locally. and those were just individual citizens and local unofficial groups of civilians who worked really hard to organize them. tomorrow's parade in houston will be the very first iraq war veterans parade organized by the city itself, which means the person in charge of it is an elected official, a person representing every resident of houston. that city's mayor and joying joining us now is denise parker. mayor parker, thank you very much for being here, nice to have you here. >> glad to be on, but now i'm a little intimidated. this is the first parade to be hosted by the city, i find that hard to be
tomorrow, tomorrow is going to be the first end of the iraq war parade in a very large american city, houston. that's the fourth largest city in america. tomorrow at 4:00, houston is hosting, the city is not just allowing but is hosting the parade for iraq war veterans and their families. it will end at the minute made stadium where the houston astros play. there will be a ceremony on the field before the astros play that night. the welcome home events were great and seen as successful locally....
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more cities to the list, austin, and portsmouth, new hampshire. in austin, texas, it starts at 9:00 a.m. from the congress avenue bridge near lady bird lake. the parade goes to the state capitol in austin. anybody can go. you are invited. it includes a job fair for returning vets. you can still sun up. then on sunday, the following date, portsmouth, new hampshire. the parade begins at 2:00 at city hall. and in portsmouth like in austin, texas, st. louis, basically all of these places, this is organized by civilians to say thank you and welcome home. the iraq war is over, and those of us who did not fight it want to express our thanks and our welcome to those of us who did. so if you're in driving distance of austin, texas, on saturday or portsmouth, new hampshire, on sunday, we have details posted if you would like to go. again, they've been your wars. it's your country, you're invited. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. >>> and once again, myth romney dis agragrees with mitt romney. >> from penalty to t
more cities to the list, austin, and portsmouth, new hampshire. in austin, texas, it starts at 9:00 a.m. from the congress avenue bridge near lady bird lake. the parade goes to the state capitol in austin. anybody can go. you are invited. it includes a job fair for returning vets. you can still sun up. then on sunday, the following date, portsmouth, new hampshire. the parade begins at 2:00 at city hall. and in portsmouth like in austin, texas, st. louis, basically all of these places, this is...
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>> well, first of all, let's be clear. your city is only taken over by an emergency manager if it's majority african-american, all right? this doesn't really happen in the white cities and towns. it happens in detroit and flint and pontiac and even small towns that are mostly african-american, like benton harbor. what's going to happen? i think it's going to get repealed. i think that the majority of michiganders are fed up with this. this law has been suspended already because of the election, and yet now they've gone back and said, well, now that the snyder law has been suspended, so we're going to go back and put the old law in place. the old law was repealed when the snyder law was passed. so as far as i'm concerned, they're still operating with these emergency managers, and i think some people tomorrow or the next day will go to court to try to stop this. but, look, i think this is going to go okay. look, this is romney's home state and amongst older people, there's a sentiment for romney, so there will be a large, i
>> well, first of all, let's be clear. your city is only taken over by an emergency manager if it's majority african-american, all right? this doesn't really happen in the white cities and towns. it happens in detroit and flint and pontiac and even small towns that are mostly african-american, like benton harbor. what's going to happen? i think it's going to get repealed. i think that the majority of michiganders are fed up with this. this law has been suspended already because of the...
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he can't get into city hall. we need civil disobedience in michigan to stop this, first of all. the thing with the silverdome, your lead in story, i've been there many times. actually, this year is the 25th anniversary of probably two of the greatest religious experiences that took place in the state of michigan and i was there for both of them. pope john paul ii, i took my dad there to mass, and hulk hogan slammed the giant. this place is like sacred ground to us and all kidding aside, half a million dollars, you'll have a hard time getting a studio apartment in new york city for that. >> i went back and read the con temporary news conference and when the city council, which had no power at that point, could be overruled from him, was saying, no, don't do this. they correctly predicted. you're not going to get more than half a million dollars for this thing. they were like, you're crazy. it turns out they were exactly right. >> what you said about it being a national problem, that really is the issue. >> see, we're not really broke. if we could stop these wars, we're still spen
he can't get into city hall. we need civil disobedience in michigan to stop this, first of all. the thing with the silverdome, your lead in story, i've been there many times. actually, this year is the 25th anniversary of probably two of the greatest religious experiences that took place in the state of michigan and i was there for both of them. pope john paul ii, i took my dad there to mass, and hulk hogan slammed the giant. this place is like sacred ground to us and all kidding aside, half a...
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more cities to the list, austin, and portsmouth, new hampshire. in austin, texas, it starts at 9:00 a.m. from the congress avenue bridge near lady bird lake. the parade goes to the state capitol in austin. anybody can go. you are invited. it includes a job fair for returning vets. you can still sun up. then on sunday, the following date, portsmouth, new hampshire. the parade begins at 2:00 at city hall. and in portsmouth like in austin, texas, st. louis, basically all of these places, this is organized by civilians to say thank you and welcome home. the iraq war is over, and those of us who did not fight it want to express our thanks and our welcome to those of us who did. so if you're in driving distance of austin, texas, on saturday or portsmouth, new hampshire, on sunday, we have
more cities to the list, austin, and portsmouth, new hampshire. in austin, texas, it starts at 9:00 a.m. from the congress avenue bridge near lady bird lake. the parade goes to the state capitol in austin. anybody can go. you are invited. it includes a job fair for returning vets. you can still sun up. then on sunday, the following date, portsmouth, new hampshire. the parade begins at 2:00 at city hall. and in portsmouth like in austin, texas, st. louis, basically all of these places, this is...
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well, four out of five of us live in cities, punk. iowa has the sixth lowest unemployment in the nation. des moines is ranked the richest metro in the country and the second happiest. guess you can't have it all. so stop worrying about what we know and spend a little more time on what you don't know. the next time you fly over, give us a wave. we'll wave back. we're nice. that's right. we're nice. [ bleep ] wad. i'm out. >> thank you, funny foul mouthed iowa nice guy. it is important even on days when it is this exciting to be covering republican politics in iowa, and i am a little overexcited, i'm sorry. it's important to remember what iowa foul mouthed nice guy said there about iowa's rather democratic character these days. iowa has indeed gone blue in five of the past six presidential elections. whether or not it's directly related, it's also worth noting the democratic caucuses in iowa tend to pick the candidate who goes on to become the democratic nominee. the republican caucuses for president in iowa do not tend to pick the cand
well, four out of five of us live in cities, punk. iowa has the sixth lowest unemployment in the nation. des moines is ranked the richest metro in the country and the second happiest. guess you can't have it all. so stop worrying about what we know and spend a little more time on what you don't know. the next time you fly over, give us a wave. we'll wave back. we're nice. that's right. we're nice. [ bleep ] wad. i'm out. >> thank you, funny foul mouthed iowa nice guy. it is important even...
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in the great city of st. louis, missouri, a truly, truly grassroots effort to say welcome home to the troops with the first-ever anywhere in the country parade to mark the end of the war. we spoke with one of the organizers of the parade a few days ago here on "the rachel maddow show," and today we learned of the country's largest organization of this generation of veterans, of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, is going to be marching in the st. louis parade. if you are any traversable distance in st. louis, missouri, this weekend, here's what you need to know. it is saturday, it starts at noon in downtown st. louis and a link to all of the details if you would like to participate is at our website. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. th
in the great city of st. louis, missouri, a truly, truly grassroots effort to say welcome home to the troops with the first-ever anywhere in the country parade to mark the end of the war. we spoke with one of the organizers of the parade a few days ago here on "the rachel maddow show," and today we learned of the country's largest organization of this generation of veterans, of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, is going to be marching in the st. louis parade. if you are any...
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the governor said it's a situation they will have to monitor and first thing in the morning at first light respond to and try to get those people out. not far from here just a couple blocks, one of the city's last resort shelters a guard unit went in there and pulled those people out and took them to atlantic city high school. so the shelters that were kept if place drawing criticism. chris christie's statement was there shouldn't have been shelters open here on the island. the winds are still coming ashore here. and we really won't know what kind of damage has taken place inside the city proper. i'm chris kato reporting for wcau. >> what he was explaining was cutting out of some of the time because we have a live shot in the middle of the storm about the controversy over those shelters. the the contrast is between the wishes of the local mayor and the wishes of the governor. governor chris christie saying there should not have been any sheltering in place on site in atlantic city that everybody should have been evacuated. local officials made some local sites available for people to
the governor said it's a situation they will have to monitor and first thing in the morning at first light respond to and try to get those people out. not far from here just a couple blocks, one of the city's last resort shelters a guard unit went in there and pulled those people out and took them to atlantic city high school. so the shelters that were kept if place drawing criticism. chris christie's statement was there shouldn't have been shelters open here on the island. the winds are still...
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it's been the argument that in order to fix cities, in order to fix town, you have to first remove the local democracy. not just state help, not just state supervision but complete control. it's their argument that elected officials, the choices of the voters get in the way. get rid of democracy and then you can fix a town. these towns that the state's have been taking over, the towns are not fixed. last week a a guest on our show made a counterproposal. >> if you want to help detroit, flint, saginaw, you want to help the cities in michigan deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. that's 90,000 forced evictions in three years. you see the tax base leave, so this city is not in financial strain because of mismanagement, because people are incompetent. that is not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure and insurance red lining and so what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government, and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one-industry state. so as the autom
it's been the argument that in order to fix cities, in order to fix town, you have to first remove the local democracy. not just state help, not just state supervision but complete control. it's their argument that elected officials, the choices of the voters get in the way. get rid of democracy and then you can fix a town. these towns that the state's have been taking over, the towns are not fixed. last week a a guest on our show made a counterproposal. >> if you want to help detroit,...
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. >> well, you were the first one that got on the benton harbor story. and it has just snowballed, city after city, and there are a number of cities right now that are on the docket, and these folks have done everything they possibly can to get this vote going in november, but of course it's the technicality of the font size. that shows you how determined that opposition really is. >> that's right. thanks, man. and thank you at home for joining us this hour. we've got a big show this hour. the top elections official in any state is usually called the secretary of state. now, that can be a little bit confusing, because at the federal level, the person who has the title secretary of state is hillary clinton. and she's not at all in charge of elections. she's in charge of something totally different. but at the state level, the person who has that same title, secretary of state, is usually the person who in that state is in charge of voting. in that charge of elections. well, in the great state of indiana, the republican secretary of state this year, a man
. >> well, you were the first one that got on the benton harbor story. and it has just snowballed, city after city, and there are a number of cities right now that are on the docket, and these folks have done everything they possibly can to get this vote going in november, but of course it's the technicality of the font size. that shows you how determined that opposition really is. >> that's right. thanks, man. and thank you at home for joining us this hour. we've got a big show...
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president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. this dinner, which is a benefit for catholic charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american presidential politics. honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. there are other dinners like this. the gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. there are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. where you get a sitting president or very high-level politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns and telling jokes and sharing stages with people they otherwise would not be sharing stages with. that happens. right? there are those events in washington and elsewhere around the country. but this one that you are looking at right here is different. because this one happens now. a couple of weeks before the election. and it's always timed like that. every time. and traditionally, both presidential candidates go to these things. i mean, there are some years where the din
president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. this dinner, which is a benefit for catholic charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american presidential politics. honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. there are other dinners like this. the gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. there are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. where you...